#8B2C85#8B2C85

#8B2C85 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.166 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C85
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 133)
HSL	hsl(304, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(304, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.96, 50.87, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.96, 58.90, 329.73°)
OKLab	oklab(46.96% 0.1444 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(46.96% 0.166 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7817, 8.9850, 23.0888)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C85 #2C8B32

analogous

#612C8B #8B2C85 #8B2C55

triadic

#8B2C85 #858B2C #2C858B

tetradic

#8B2C85 #8B612C #2C8B32 #2C558B

square

#8B2C85 #8B612C #2C8B32 #2C558B

split-complementary

#8B2C85 #558B2C #2C8B61

monochromatic

#2E0F2C #5D1D59 #8B2C85 #B93BB1 #CE64C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#8B2C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#8B2C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C85

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C85	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.166 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06da9',
    500: '#8b2c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c85;
$custom-light: #b06da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.789,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46957,
    "c": 0.16592,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C85

secondary

#5FB464

accent

#DB554C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C85

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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